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VA Health Care: Laundry Service Operations and Costs (open access)

VA Health Care: Laundry Service Operations and Costs

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Veteran Affairs' (VA) laundry support services, focusing on: (1) the type and volume of laundry service VA provides; (2) how VA provides laundry services; (3) the cost VA incurs; and (4) the revenue VA generates from selling laundry services."
Date: December 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DOD Competitive Sourcing: Lessons Learned System Could Enhance A-76 Study Process (open access)

DOD Competitive Sourcing: Lessons Learned System Could Enhance A-76 Study Process

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the Department of Defense's (DOD) A-76 study process, focusing on efforts by DOD to: (1) improve performance work statements, including encouraging the use of standard templates; and (2) implement other efforts to improve the competitive sourcing process, as well as gather and disseminate lessons learned that could benefit the competitive sourcing program DOD-wide."
Date: July 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Women in Prison: Transition of District of Columbia Female Felons to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (open access)

Women in Prison: Transition of District of Columbia Female Felons to the Federal Bureau of Prisons

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the transition of female felony offenders from the District of Columbia (D.C.) Department of Corrections to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), focusing on the: (1) status of the transition; and (2) types of parenting, educational, and job-training programs BOP offers to D.C. female offenders in BOP facilities."
Date: July 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulatory Reform: Comments on S. 746--The Regulatory Improvement Act of 1999 (open access)

Regulatory Reform: Comments on S. 746--The Regulatory Improvement Act of 1999

A statement of record issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed S.746, the Regulatory Improvement Act of 1999, focusing on: (1) the effectiveness of previous regulatory reform initiatives; (2) agencies' cost-benefit analysis practices and the trigger for the analytical requirements; (3) peer review of agencies' regulatory analyses; and (4) the transparency of the regulatory development and review process."
Date: April 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Benefits: Applications for Adjustment of Status Under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (open access)

Immigration Benefits: Applications for Adjustment of Status Under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the number of Haitian nationals who have applied and been approved for adjustment of their status to legal permanent residence."
Date: April 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Transportation: Preliminary Personal Property Pilot Results Are Inconclusive (open access)

Defense Transportation: Preliminary Personal Property Pilot Results Are Inconclusive

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the progress of the Department of Defense's (DOD) and Military Traffic Management Command's (MTMC) pilot program for the shipment of personal property, focusing on: (1) preliminary pilot results; (2) DOD's assessment of the industry proposal; and (3) MTMC's plan for assessing the pilot's results."
Date: December 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Operations: Some Funds for Fiscal Year 1999 Contingency Operations Will Be Available for Future Needs (open access)

Military Operations: Some Funds for Fiscal Year 1999 Contingency Operations Will Be Available for Future Needs

A briefing report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) the costs of and funding for fiscal year (FY) 1999 overseas military contingency operations; and (2) whether any funds remaining at the end of FY 1999 can be applied to FY 2000 funding requirements."
Date: September 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reported Year 2000 (Y2K) Readiness Status of 25 Large School Districts (open access)

Reported Year 2000 (Y2K) Readiness Status of 25 Large School Districts

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the year 2000 readiness status of 25 of the nation's largest public school districts, focusing on the systems supporting those districts' key business functions."
Date: September 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Reform Initiative: Organization, Status, and Challenges (open access)

Defense Reform Initiative: Organization, Status, and Challenges

A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reported on: (1) actions taken through the Defense Reform Initiative (DRI) management structure to facilitate achieving the program's objective; and (2) progress the Department of Defense (DOD) made in implementing individual reform initiatives."
Date: April 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combating Terrorism: Use of National Guard Response Teams Is Unclear (open access)

Combating Terrorism: Use of National Guard Response Teams Is Unclear

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the creation of 10 National Guard Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection (RAID) teams, focusing on: (1) obtaining the views of federal, state, and local officials regarding the role of RAID teams in response plans; (2) determining whether there are other federal, state, or local government entities that can perform similar functions to the RAID teams; and (3) evaluating the RAID teams' roles and responsibilities and how the teams plan to meet these responsibilities."
Date: May 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Year 2000 Computing Challenge: State and USAID Need to Strengthen Business Continuity Planning (open access)

Year 2000 Computing Challenge: State and USAID Need to Strengthen Business Continuity Planning

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of State and the Agency for International Development's (AID) efforts: (1) to increase worldwide awareness of the year 2000 problem, assess international preparedness, and inform American citizens of risks; (2) to report progress in remediating their internal computer systems; and (3) to prepare business continuity and contingency plans to ensure that they can continue to provide critical services."
Date: October 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Monetary Fund: Current Financial Situation (open access)

International Monetary Fund: Current Financial Situation

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed issues related to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) financial situation, focusing on: (1) the Fund's situation regarding quota resources that IMF obtains from its member countries and that is used for most of its financial assistance; (2) the level of resources that the Fund has reported as actually available for lending; and (3) other resources that the Fund potentially has available for conducting its operations, such as resources obtained through borrowing and the Fund's gold holdings."
Date: July 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Disability: SSA Has Had Mixed Success in Efforts to Improve Caseload Management (open access)

Social Security Disability: SSA Has Had Mixed Success in Efforts to Improve Caseload Management

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Social Security Administration's (SSA) management of its disability caseload, focusing on: (1) the status of SSA's efforts to improve its claims process; (2) lessons learned from the agency's efforts to date that can be applied to its current and future claims processing improvement plans; and (3) SSA's efforts to review the continuing eligibility of its beneficiaries."
Date: October 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ballistic Missile Defense: More Common Systems and Components Could Result in Cost Savings (open access)

Ballistic Missile Defense: More Common Systems and Components Could Result in Cost Savings

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to incorporate common subsystems and components in its ballistic missile defense acquisition programs, focusing on: (1) the key benefits that the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) and service officials believe could be achieved through commonality; (2) what BMDO and the services have done to incorporate commonality into their programs; and (3) BMDO's plans for instilling commonality in the future."
Date: May 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Revision of Fee Schedules--100 Percent Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 1999 (open access)

Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Revision of Fee Schedules--100 Percent Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 1999

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) new rule on fee recovery for fiscal year (FY) 1999. GAO noted that: (1) the final rule implements for FY 1999 section 6101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990; (2) it requires NRC to recover from its applicants and licensees approximately 100 percent of its budget authority, less amounts appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund; (3) for FY 1999, NRC must collect approximately $449.6 million through these fees; (4) two types of fees are assessed: (a) applicants and licensees are charged for specific services, such as inspections and licensing reviews, that are provided by NRC; and (b) NRC assesses an annual fee to its licensees to recover generic costs that cannot be attributed to specific licensees; and (5) NRC complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule."
Date: June 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personal Bankruptcy: Analysis of Four Reports on Chapter 7 Debtors' Ability to Pay (open access)

Personal Bankruptcy: Analysis of Four Reports on Chapter 7 Debtors' Ability to Pay

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the methodologies used in four reports on bankruptcy debtors' ability to pay their debts--two by Ernst Young LLP, one by Creighton University, and one by the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees."
Date: June 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Year 2000 Computing Crisis: USDA Needs to Accelerate Time Frames for Completing Contingency Planning (open access)

Year 2000 Computing Crisis: USDA Needs to Accelerate Time Frames for Completing Contingency Planning

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO identified actions the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking to develop year 2000 business continuity and contingency plans (BCCP)."
Date: May 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans' Affairs: Potential Costs of Changes in Licensing Requirement Outweigh Benefit (open access)

Veterans' Affairs: Potential Costs of Changes in Licensing Requirement Outweigh Benefit

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on whether changing Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care personnel licensing requirements would effect VA's health care system, focusing on: (1) comparing VA's physician employment requirements and processes with those of other federal agencies; (2) comparing VA's requirements with those of private sector health care organizations; (3) the potential benefits and costs of requiring VA physicians and registered nurses to be licensed in the state where they practice; and (4) the implications of such a licensing change on VA's use of telemedicine."
Date: May 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fresh Produce: Potential Consequences of Country-of-Origin Labeling (open access)

Fresh Produce: Potential Consequences of Country-of-Origin Labeling

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the: (1) potential costs associated with the compliance and enforcement of a mandatory country-of-origin labeling requirement at the retail level for fresh produce; (2) potential trade issues associated with such a requirement; (3) potential impact of such a requirement on the ability of the federal government and the public to respond to outbreaks of illness caused by contaminated fresh produce; and (4) consumers' views of country-of-origin labeling."
Date: April 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Inventory: Improved Management Framework Needed to Guide Navy Best Practice Initiatives (open access)

Defense Inventory: Improved Management Framework Needed to Guide Navy Best Practice Initiatives

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the Navy's best practices implementation schedule for the acquisition and distribution of secondary inventory items, which the Navy submitted to Congress on June 16, 1999, focusing on: (1) the extent to which the schedule responds to the provisions of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999; and (2) identifying specific elements of a management framework needed for effective implementation and oversight of the Navy's best practice initiative."
Date: October 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Olympic Games: Preliminary Information on Federal Funding and Support (open access)

Olympic Games: Preliminary Information on Federal Funding and Support

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the: (1) amount of federal funding and support provided to the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles, California, and the 1996 Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia, and the planned amount for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah; (2) types of Olympic-related projects and activities receiving federal funding and support; (3) federal policies and legislative authorizations for providing federal funding and support; and (4) procedures existing to ensure that federal funding and support were properly awarded and used."
Date: December 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection: Collaborative EPA-State Effort Needed to Improve New Performance Partnership System (open access)

Environmental Protection: Collaborative EPA-State Effort Needed to Improve New Performance Partnership System

A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the progress made by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the states in implementing the National Environmental Performance Partnership System (NEPPS), focusing on: (1) the status of grants and agreements made under NEPPS between EPA and participating states; (2) the progress that EPA and the states have made in developing results-oriented performance measures to be incorporated into NEPPS agreements and grants to the states; (3) how EPA oversight may or may not be changing in states that are participating in NEPPS; and (4) the extent to which the use of these performance partnership agreements and grants has achieved the benefits envisioned for the states and the public."
Date: June 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Status of the Water Industry (open access)

Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Status of the Water Industry

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO identified the water utility sector's vulnerability to year 2000 problems, focusing on: (1) the reported status of year 2000 readiness; and (2) activities being undertaken to address this issue."
Date: April 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Management Systems Compliance Review Guide (open access)

Financial Management Systems Compliance Review Guide

Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO published a guide to assist federal managers in determining whether management systems comply with federal requirements. This guide is to be used by managers responsible for financial management systems and individuals performing financial management systems reviews."
Date: October 21, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library